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American travelers tend to hate airports major cities, ranking the ones in New York, L.A., Chicago and, yes, Houston as the worst in terms of travel experiences, Travel+Leisure reported. The magazine …

The Las Vegas-based site went live on April 9 and had 16,000 members on Wednesday, founder Brandon Wade told chron.com. He said he has seen some foreign traffic in the last few days, but 80 percent of users are from U.S. He said 700 of the users ar… …

Budget European airline Ryanair will do anything — anything — to save money. Among the cost-saving measures, a spokesman told London’s Daily Telegraph, “we even encourage staff to watch their weight – with the motivation o… …

The Consumerist reported that 35 pets died on U.S. carriers last year, with 19 of those on Delta flights. The Atlanta-based airline transports 500,000 pet passengers a year and has banned smushed-face breeds like bulldogs since they often suffer from o… …

Passengers aboard a British Airways flight between Miami and London’s Heathrow Airport got the scare of their lives when a recorded message told them they were about to crash, The Daily Telegraph is reporting: Many of those who were awake and hea… …

Rapper Freddie Gibbs got his stash by airport security… kind of. The baggage screeners at the Denver airport found a half ounce of weed in his luggage and scribbled him the words “C’mon son” on the screening notice. Gibbs tweeted a photo: “Th… …

Tuala Mathew Vaea, manager of the Manu Samoa rugby team has been fined 100 pigs after rumors of bad behavior at the Rugby World Cup surfaced, according to the New Zealand Herald. These allegations came to light when the captain of Vaea’s team sen… …

As Americans approach the holiday season, and holiday travel, the Transportation Securities Administration has already begun to notice complaints referring to screeners as Grinch, Scrooge and even Heat Miser for their policy of unwrapping Christmas pre… …

“This is what TSA will do when they inspect a bag you checked and find a, um, ‘personal item,’” wrote Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic after Transportation Administration luggage screeners noticed a vibrator in her bag and decided to wish her w… …